Today we had pre-op for stage 2 reconstruction. We had a long wait, but the boys had fun meeting 2 new families going through the same process. Both of these families were from out of town, and it made me thankful that we live so close to Dr. Jones office.
waiting...........
waiting..............................and finally after an hour we got to go back to the room.
Jansen got a good report and Dr. Jones talked a little about the surgery next Friday, Feb. 4. It will be about 2 hours long. We will continue to watch the "problem area", to make sure it continues to heal.If Dr. Jones needs to clean it up a little bit he will do a "pinch graft." A lot of times when they do the ear lobe formation, they have extra skin, and instead of throwing it away he will use some of it to clean up the "problem area." If he does this, it doesn't require stitches or any cutting. Jansen is very excited about the next stage. Once we get stage 2 over and healed, we will wait until June to continue on. This little boy has LOTS of baseball ahead of him and he doesn't want to miss any of it.
(1-24-11) 10 weeks since surgery #1......4 weeks revision #2.( Stage 1 of 4 )Check out the outline of his "new ear!!!!" He still has a little healing to do, but we are all so impressed with the work Dr. Jones does. When Jansen looks at it, he just grins!!! :)
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Hey, for us, this was the easiest surgery of all of them. I know Jones will do a little extra work on Jansen this time, but Hardin was eating french fries a few hours after surgery and we COULD have made the trip home that day if we had known how he was going to react. Less pain with this one and quicker recovery time. We even saw a local doctor to have our stitches removed from this surgery. Putting it on my calendar to pray for y'all that day!
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